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shrubs, Amelancher utahensis, Cerocarpus montanus, Coleogyne, 
Petradoria, Yucca, Nuttallia , Fendlera , Ephedra, Gutierrezia, 
Cowania, Quercus, and other species and genera abound. Higher 
up are the cedars, pinyons, aspens and spruces. 
Some of the lower levels were very bare and stony and to reach 
the sand-stone flats we went through some narrow, rocky passes 
that appeared almost impossible. Hundreds of acres of sandstone 
were in view and in places it assumed fantastic forms, like human 
Domes and Castles were not Uncommon. 
A Remarkable Balanced Rock (left of dome). 
beings turned to stone and domes and castles were not uncommon. 
A remarkable balanced rock was seen some distance away, that 
must have weighed many tons. It was in the form of an inverted 
cone and the point of the cone was so attenuated as to look needle- 
like. It was by far the most interesting balanced rock I had ever 
seen. There was a dearth of animal life but a close examination 
would probably have disclosed more. A white butterfly {Pier is) , a 
moth-like butterfly {Megathymus) , a grasshopper, and a hawk, were 
the only creatures noticed, with the exception of an alert animal on 
